THE EARTH LEAGUE

A network of leading scientists and institutions working to respond to some of the most pressing issuesfacing the planet and humanity today

Earth League is a voluntary international alliance of prominent scientists from world‐class research institutions, who look to work together to respond to some of the most pressing issues faced by humankind, as a consequence of climate change, depletion of natural resources, land degradation and water scarcity. >>

NEWS |Earth League members & institutes​

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Before the FloodNews | 17 October 2016Earth League Chair Johan Rockström appears alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the documentary Before the Flood (2016). The film sees Leonardo DiCapriotour the world to see the impacts of climate change first-hand, and meet global leaders, fromBarack Obama, Pope Francis, and John Kerry among others,to see their stance on the issue and their visions for the future.​"If you don't believe in man-made climate change then you don't believe in gravity."​- Lenoardo DiCaprio#BeforeTheFlood​

istock | Sashkin

Earth League authors on "The World's biggest gamble"News| 05 December 2016​Earth League members under the lead of Johan Rockström published a searingly honest paper on conclusions that can be made from the Paris Agreement (PA). The article shows that although the overall goals of the PA are in line with science, the means to achieve these goals are not as straightforward. Given how large the amount of carbon is that already has been emitted into the system, it is concluded that even under the assumption of large reductions in the nearer future, limiting warming to 2º C requires an anthropogenic carbon sink as large as the ocean.

​News | 23 November 2016South Centre at the COP22 in MarrakechThe South-South Cooperation has been linking public as well as private actors throughout countries in the South in order to foster development and increase resilience to climate change.

Fotolia | Marek Krakowiak

News | 23 Novemebr 2016"The world's biggest gamble"​Earth League members published a​ paperpointing at the danger of missing the Paris-COP21 goals,and promoting a zero-carbon roadmap.​

News | 7 November 2016How fast is the carbon clock ticking?MCC carbon clock shows how much carbon can be released into the atmosphere if global warming is to be capped at 1.5°C, or 2°C, and you can see how much time remains in each scenario​

News | 10 October 2016Recovering sovereignty over natural resourcesThe South Centre's Research Paper "Recovering Sovereignty Over Natural Resources: The Cases of Bolivia and Ecuador," analyses the renegotiation process of oil and gas contracts

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News | 27 September 20165˚C Arctic in a 2˚C WorldAn international group of experts consider the effects on the Arctic of the Paris agreement and possible actions needed to limit climate change to between 1.5 and less than 2 degrees C